Egypt
More often than not the tale on how a mummy came to be where it is as interesting as the mummy itself.
Here are a pair of well travelled Egyptians that ended up little more than a mile from each other in Indiana in the good old USA.
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- The Forgotten Boy
Egyptians (Tim Reid) Tim has written a piece speculating on the identity of the third occupant of the side chamber in KV35, a young boy who seems to have got lost in the telling of the DNA tale. In this detailed post Tim examines the possibility of identifying...
- Restoring Humanity
Here is the tale of a mummy being made ready for display including taking advantage of the moment to study it. http://lostegypt.wordpress.com/2009/05/05/meeting-annie/...
- Dr. Granvilles Mummy
A very interesting article on an early autopsy of a late period lady mummy and the candles made from the mummies adipocere. Now that's just gross. http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20026877.000-what-killed-dr-granvilles-mummy.html?page=1...
- 2008 In Brief
Among the finds of this past year was an old kingdom pyramid belonging to queen Sesheshet of dynasty six this find was moderately interesting as were the two empty tombs found near the causeway of king Unas. http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2008/923/he1.htm...
- Out Comes Nesyamun
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Egypt
A Tale of Two Mummies
More often than not the tale on how a mummy came to be where it is as interesting as the mummy itself.
Here are a pair of well travelled Egyptians that ended up little more than a mile from each other in Indiana in the good old USA.
http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071111/LIVING03/711110306
- The Forgotten Boy
Egyptians (Tim Reid) Tim has written a piece speculating on the identity of the third occupant of the side chamber in KV35, a young boy who seems to have got lost in the telling of the DNA tale. In this detailed post Tim examines the possibility of identifying...
- Restoring Humanity
Here is the tale of a mummy being made ready for display including taking advantage of the moment to study it. http://lostegypt.wordpress.com/2009/05/05/meeting-annie/...
- Dr. Granvilles Mummy
A very interesting article on an early autopsy of a late period lady mummy and the candles made from the mummies adipocere. Now that's just gross. http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20026877.000-what-killed-dr-granvilles-mummy.html?page=1...
- 2008 In Brief
Among the finds of this past year was an old kingdom pyramid belonging to queen Sesheshet of dynasty six this find was moderately interesting as were the two empty tombs found near the causeway of king Unas. http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/2008/923/he1.htm...
- Out Comes Nesyamun
...